Virginia Tech Wins ACC Championship, but surely BC had fun

Tom O’Brien’s Boston College Eagles lost ANOTHER BIG NOVEMBER game today to one of the Big East’s powers when Virginia Tech took down the Eagles this afternoon, 30-16.

Wait. Check that.

Despite the pre-season proclamation of Boston College fans that their Eagles would finally shed historical late-year troubles without Coach O’Brien roaming their sidelines, “Coach Jags” ultimately lost two big games to “Eastern” teams – Maryland and VPI – and couldn’t turn the Eagle ship around in their big games.

BC in 2006: 10-3
BC in 2007: 10-3

Despite the loss, you can rest assured that all is well in Chestnut Hill because at least they had fun. Although we have no word if the couple of dozen BC fans that made the trip had any fun.

Boston College lost their big chance to go to a BCS Bowl with an ACC Championship today (in miserable Jacksonville) and because their fan base is so undesirable and unsupportive, the Eagles will now fall as far down the ACC’s bowl order as the rules will allow. (Let this be ANOTHER lesson to any potential recruit that would be considering Boston College over NC State, or any other ACC school for that matter).

With Virginia Tech now serving as the ACC’s lone BCS representative, SFN expects the ACC’s bowl situation to shake out as follows when everything is announced tomorrow:

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VPI is having the same kind of run as FSU did when they first came in – with out the total dominance. All in all, they aren’t a bad representative.

Meanwhile, the best team in the Old North State won again – App advances to the semi-finals. Exciting game – though not the last minute heroics of last weeks squeaker with JMU. Woffard or Richmond up next for THE Mountaineers.

I always hate it when someone posts something unrelated to the thread but I’m going to anyway. During the USC vs. UCLA broadcast, the V Foundation was being showcased. They showed a clip from Valvano’s brother that was very nice. Terry Gannon is calling the game and he stated that he had the honor of playing for V. This was touching enough but then Gannon said that he had named his son James Thomas Gannon.

it would be fair to say that if i was talking about regular season records, but what i am saying is currently their record is the same as it was to end the season last year and has a chance to be worse.

yea, kudos to them for getting to ACCC game.

the funny thing, is they were 2 hail marys away from being 8-4 this year and in Boise, and were a Daniel Evans hail mary last year from being in Jacksonville.

SFN – it is going to be Champs in Orlando. The ACC rule doesn’t allow the loser of the title game to fall below Nashville…BUT, the “BC rule” also doesn’t allow a bowl to take a team separated by more than 1 game over another school. BC was 6-2. FSU was 4-4. Meaning Orlando CAN’T take FSU over BC. They have to take BC.

BC will be hurting without Silva, Ryan, Challenger, and Whitworth for next year. Those guys played superb this year. I thought Silva was especially sensational for them. I don’t think it will be much fun for BC next year to be honest.

come on now StateFans, don’t rain on my parade!
Thanks for enough respect that you rated us above DOOK! lol
Too bad Wake canceled/didn’t renew their series with App – that could’ve been a great game.

Every weekend is different, that’s why you play it. I don’t think App could’ve beat Michigan mid-season, or at the end of the year. Of course, they probably would’ve continued to over look us. If App had played State the second or third weekend of this year . . . who knows?
App definitely escaped last weekend. We looked good today.

I still need everyone here’s good mojo for next weekend when Richmond goes to Boone. Think good thoughts – I’ve got reservations for Chattanooga already!

So what is the problem with the ACC Championship game? Is this the 2nd year in a row the crowd hasn’t shown up? You’ve got to figure that this hurts the league – national reputation for one, and television ratings both come to mind.

If I am only slightly interested in a game, I will turn it if the crowd isn’t there. It takes a lot of the fun out of it if you are vested in the game. So if folks just flip through, how much will ABC want to pay for this game in the future?

It seems to me that the basketball tourny took a few years to really take off, but this game looks like its going backwards. It seems to me we (the ACC) bet a lot on this football game and everyone has a vested interest in seeing it become a grand success – financially and otherwise.

So fellas, what are you thoughts?
Why aren’t isn’t this game drawing? (VTech is famous for traveling well aren’t they?)
Is it the town? Why do we play in Jacksonville? Warm weather in theory is attractive, but its not an ACC town . . . is it? Will moving help?
Is this bad for the league?
Is it possible for this to be a rip-roaring success a kin the SEC or Big-12?

I lived in Doughton (co-ed freshmen for the first time, verged on out of control all semester) and then Mountaineer Apts. I am pretty sure I dated a girl in Frank and spent a good deal of time there – but it might of been one of the other ones right there.